Singer Natalie Cole, left, and her mother, Maria Cole, widow of the late singer Nat "King" Cole, show off the star presented to to her after being honored at Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Feb. 5, 1979.(AP Photo/George Brich)

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(AURN) -- After a short battle with cancer, Maria Hawkins Cole, wife Nat "King" Cole and mother of Natalie Cole, died at age 89 in southern Florida.